The Minor and Core Concentration in Professional and Public Writing
The Minor and Core Concentration aim to prepare students to write confidently and effectively in professional and public situations. Students can choose to focus on professional writing, where they analyze and produce genres required by employers; public writing, where they study and engage in meaningful social action through written texts; or a combination of courses tailored to the student’s own interests. Students will write purposefully, imaginatively, and persuasively in, across, and beyond their college courses. The Core provides excellent preparation for students whether they are pursuing graduate school, law school, or want a significant edge in the professional world or within their communities.
Requirements for the Core Concentration in Professional and Public Writing
WTNG 102 How Writing Works
Two (2) WTNG courses at the 200 level or above
Two (2) WTNG course at the 300 level or above
Additional Requirement for the Minor in Professional and Public Writing
One (1) WTNG course at the 300 level or above
Selected from the following list of WTNG courses below
WTNG 225 Writing in Professional and Public Contexts*
WTNG 230 Rhetoric of Film: Writing about Film*
WTNG 235 Technical Writing*
WTNG 240 Writing for Business Organizations*
WTNG 245 Writing about Health*
WTNG 250 Advanced Composition*
WTNG 270 Travel Writing*
WTNG 299 Special Topics in Writing *
WTNG 300 Rhetoric in a Global Context
WTNG 301 The Rhetoric of Narrative
WTNG 302 Art of Writing: Forms of the Essay
WTNG 303 Environmental Rhetoric
WTNG 304 Feminist Rhetorics
WTNG 305 Writing the City
WTNG 310 Rhetoric of Science
WTNG 321 Multimodal Writing in Public Spheres WTNG 322 Advancing Public Argument WTNG 340 Advanced Topics in Workplace Writing
WTNG 400 Writing for Social Change
WTNG 405 Grants and Proposals
WTNG 430 Special Topics
WTNG 470 The Writing Thesis/Portfolio